Other cervical disc disorders, high cervical region
Billable / specific
M50.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Other C2-C3 cervical disc disorders
- Other C3-C4 cervical disc disorders
Includes (from M50)
- cervicothoracic disc disorders with cervicalgia
- cervicothoracic disc disorders
- Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M50)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M50)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M50)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M50)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M50)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M50)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M50)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M50)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M50)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M50)
Also known as
- Other C2-C3 cervical disc disorders
- Other C3-C4 cervical disc disorders
Parent code
- M50.8Other cervical disc disordersHeader